Naomi Ackie

I think of myself as a storyteller, more so than an actress.

— Naomi Ackie

I went through a Chaka Khan phase - and who would I be without saying that Beyonce plays a really big part…

— Naomi Ackie

When I'm stressed, I don't sometimes absorb information in the way I should.

— Naomi Ackie

It's Not Right But It's Okay' is the first song I remember coming out as a hit single when I was younger.

— Naomi Ackie

There have been times on other projects that I felt like I was acting and putting on a character, and it didn't…

— Naomi Ackie

Sometimes it's hard to go to the most amazing event and then you come home and you're like: 'Take off the hair…

— Naomi Ackie

I've always loved the BAFTAs, and being recognized by them in any form is really great.

— Naomi Ackie

Star Wars' is really a thing that can never really become pedestrian. When you're involved in it, it's a big deal.

— Naomi Ackie

I don't want to look back and feel like I missed out on experiences, on saying yes to life.

— Naomi Ackie

Each character I play pushes me into a deeper understanding of myself.

— Naomi Ackie

My daydreaming goals are very large, but my day-to-day goals are entirely realistic. It's a balance.

— Naomi Ackie

Instinct is so interesting to me, because the way I see instinct is it's a practice at first, and then it eventually…

— Naomi Ackie

My first ever fashion show in Paris was the Schiaparelli couture show just before lockdown, and I was so nervous, as I'd…

— Naomi Ackie

If the opportunity comes along to do a piece that has absolutely nothing to do with my gender or my race, and…

— Naomi Ackie

I've got friends, who were like, 'Oh my god, babe. You're playing Auntie Whitney.' They were like, 'We just call her Auntie…

— Naomi Ackie

The access to the arts is a privilege we have being in London. It's a rich, very rich city, and my theater…

— Naomi Ackie

I've always been quite scared about the term movie star because I just want to have the space to experiment, and my…

— Naomi Ackie

We like the binaries of good and bad. But I'm a big believer that you can be many things at once.

— Naomi Ackie

We're more complicated and more interesting than what we look like.

— Naomi Ackie

The reason why I became an actor was for the community, now I realize. It's the people that you're with, and the…

— Naomi Ackie

Any time anyone from a minority community makes advances in a world that wasn't necessarily built for them, it feels like a…

— Naomi Ackie

There's something really interesting to me about the idea of being okay... of just being satisfied. And I'm never satisfied, it absolutely…

— Naomi Ackie

I got kind of obsessed from a very young age about musicals and costumes and acting.

— Naomi Ackie

I can't speak for anyone else, but I've got a really small attention span, so if I knew exactly what was going…

— Naomi Ackie